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[thedevilwhorose]

They're at it, don't worry about that.

Problem as always is red tape.

[magicalarchaeologist]

Wilhelm will be safe, I'll do what I have to.

[ Istredd hasn't killed anyone before but it doesn't mean he won't. He's been trained to kill, trained to do a lot of things that he found distasteful and ignored. But he is not above it. Survival is survival. And protecting someone else is the true incentive. ]

I went to your Horizon. You changed it.

well I missed that part of the wiki's description of the waterfalls

[thedevilwhorose]

[Yeah, Istredd, he's got some concern about that. And yet he's still going to make things worse.]

Kell is there too.

B͟ÿ́ ṱͨ̐ͨ̿h̸e w͉͍̅a̡ͦ̂ͬ̔͝y̝̿ͯͬ͆͜. If you haven't seen him.

[It's not like he didn't expect Istredd to go, it's why he did it, but it still drives further in that Lucifer is actively avoiding the Horizon.]

Iguazú Falls. They're waterfalls t̹̹ͨ̍h̶̬̪͎̓̓á̴̹̮̓t̴̤̂̏ c̡̉͜o̒̓͢m̸b̖̹͆́ͥ̒ïn̏̄e̻dͧ with the Iguazú River make up one of the largest waterfall system in my world. T̘̚ḩ̶ͣe̝͒ȑ͙ͪe̖ͧ'̌ͅs͈̐ q̈́u̬iͦ͊͂ṫè a̷ l͈̎͢ot̮ͩ ò̞̐f̧ bodies of water that get my title of Devil tacked to it. This in particular ẖ̖ͨ̿̈͒̽̕̚a̷̲̤͓͔͍̞̓ͧͬs a̢̨̦̿͢ p̢͔͔̀̉͌ͧ͞ọ̧̅r̸̎̒t̡̘̬̫̞̤͑̔̿ͫͧi͙̺ͪ̆ͫͦo͕̬͌n̡̘̺̂͗̆ͪ̋͜ of its chasm called the Devil's Throat.

I̷ͩt́'s̅̊ _no̖͆t̀͠ t̶̙h͓̅̓ẹ̎͛ F̩ͤa̝̕͞ll̑̑s̨.̩͒̕ It's the Falls if it was lava. Instead of water.

[He does not tell Istredd the rest of it. What a weird benefit of having their link blocked. He doesn't get the stream of information clarification. Besides, this is not the Iguazú Falls. And truthfully, Lucifer barely knows it himself. Just enough bits and pieces that have relevance, condensed from actuality to warped in his mind.

Legend has it that a deity planned to marry a beautiful woman named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe. In a rage, the deity sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and condemning the lovers to an eternal fall.

Legend has it that a deity pl███e█ █o ████y █ █e██████l wo███ ███e█ ███p█, w█o █le█ w███ █e█ █o███l love█ ███o██ ██ █ ███oe. Iin a rage, the deity sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and condemning ██e lo████ to an eternal fall.

So.

He's optimistic about this situation.]

[magicalarchaeologist]

What? I'm at the s̷̢̢̡̺͖͉̭͚̠͉̦̝̼͍͐̀̎̏̉̐̏͋̍̚ĥ̶̦͔̪̹̰̙̼̳̳̈́̽̿̕͝r̵̨̢̨̫͙͙̪̠͈̟͓͎͍̱̺̈́̿̀̏ỉ̷͙̻̋̄̾̈́͒͌̑̾͑̌̅̑̕ṉ̴̠̺͆̔̃̓̔̾̃̀̾͑͗͒̆͐ę̵̢̛̫̗͔͓̼́̎̾̄̃̽̂́̈́̋̋̑ͅs̷̟̪̝̞̭̯̰̞͐͋̌̕̕.


[ There is some time before he appears again. ]

Yes he's here.

[ Which means that Lucifer is going to lose it at any point. Istredd sighs and takes a moment to sit, rubbing at his eyes. They're all covered in dirt so at this point it's impossible to be clean. He thinks through what he saw in the Horizon, and the fact that he obviously went there looking for Lucifer. Who intentionally was not there, but changed it in case he did go.

Privately, to himself, he smiles. ]

You made something of your own.

[ The falls being lava instead of water. A small change to what God created, but still a change. ]

[thedevilwhorose]

[don't make a big deal out of it jeez]

I did.

[magicalarchaeologist]

[ He will always make a big deal of it. ]

Did you name the snake yet?

[thedevilwhorose]

[The delay draws on for what is a barely-there response.]

No.

[Yes.

If Istredd tries to name it, it will not respond. Although to be fair at the moment it isn't responding to anything, much as Lucifer himself.]

[magicalarchaeologist]

Eating snakes in here.

Should I feel guilty?

[ He's joking. ]

[thedevilwhorose]

Yes.

Super guilty.

Ǡ́l̺͍͕̪̂͋͡ͅl̙̟̉́ͬ t̗͛ͣ̒ͭ͢_̪h̰̫̟̒̚ḛ̠ͨͯ̋̽̊̐̍ͩ͘ ģ͖̃̔ͮú͔i̛̠̞̐l̳̳͖ͩͪͤ̉t͈̻̪͙. How d̷͉͍̖͉ͣ͜ḁ̵͈͉̣͑ͦ͗̉͆͟r̶̶͇̔ͯ̇̄͋̒͟e̴̗͔ͤ̈́̑̈̀̕͢͝ ỷ̴̝̜ͤ͌̂ȏ͂̈́u̶ͤ_ͮ̐.̦͇͝ͅ

It's a snake eat snake world now.

[magicalarchaeologist]

[ Istredd laughs for the first time since this all started and it sounds so strange to his ears. It echoes in a way he wasn't prepared for and he goes serious again right after. ]

Stop ḿ̵̡͊a̶̠͒̍k̵̘̲͊̊ḯ̸͓̲n̸̻͎͊g̸̟̀ me laugh, I'm kidnapped by keyhole b̴͔̰̑a̷͆͜ş̵̔̿t̴͕͊̀a̷̳̜̍̉ṛ̶̊̀d̷͔̪̔̓ṣ̴̑̓.

[thedevilwhorose]

Studies show laughter i̧̜̺̪͈͉͈ͩ͂̉͆͆̔ͅś̫͖̽ͮͩ̅̽͘ g̨̫͉̋ͪ͒ͣ͗̈ͅo̝̲ͦ̽͋͗ͦͧ̒̍͑ȭ̸̴̲̖͎̻ͣ͌̈́ͣ͗͞d̴̜̺̫̓̓ͧ̌͋̉̓̊̄̆̽͟ͅ f̛͙̥̦̣̬̖ͣ͐̅̈͜͜oŗ̝̬̞̗ͣ͂ͪͪ͒͜ t̟̝͍̀̔͜͟͡͝͡ḩ̘̮̙̆͌̑͆̆͗ͧͥ̓́͢͝ͅé̫̳̠̮͛̕̚͟ s̷͍͕o̖̘u̴̧͉͒ͤ́l̸̵̹̜̭̖͇̤̑̂́̎̃̌͐̆̋͘.

[magicalarchaeologist]

Tell me a joke then.

[thedevilwhorose]

Three conspiracy theorists walk into a bar... You can't tell me that's just a coincidence!

[magicalarchaeologist]

[ Smiling. Damn him. ]

You, me, and Kyle can't g̵̞̪̻̱̺͔̯̰̭̔́̆͗̎̈́͐̾̈́̿͘̚͘ḛ̶̎͘t̷͖̪͖̀͆̈́̒̽̉̏̏̕͝ ̴̧̡̨̢͚͚̼͍̜̰̮͚̟̿̑̿̈́̕a̷̢̧͍̳̠̮̹̖̗̘̣͔̼̰͊͑̓̈́͊̓͌͐̈̍̋ͅ ̷̛͈͓̔͑̓͂̑͑͗̊̔̈̎̔̈́d̷̨͈̩̻̣̑̿͆͆͛̉̉̂̉̍̊͘̚̚ͅr̷͇͙͉̼̗͚̼̲͈̟͙̮̻̉̈́̍̄̽̍͆́͑̂̚͜i̴̢̼͈͈̘̗̇͑͗͛̒̂̐́͐̎n̵̲̲̮͖̙̄̓̀̎̈́̒̇͋̈́̉͝ķ̶̖̺̫̼̬͍̞̞̞̫̳̱͒̌́̀͐͜ͅ together?

[thedevilwhorose]

[well at least one of them is, because Lucifer's now just wincing, and he doesn't even know what Istredd fully said]

Can't what?

[magicalarchaeologist]

G E T A D R I N K.

[ IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING. ]

[thedevilwhorose]

[no kidding]

Yeah, ṯ̷̷̸̱̝̼̩̘̟̦̦ͮ͊͂ͤͦ̎ͧ̇͑̐ͤ̓̔ͭ͢͞͡h̸̶̴̯̬̜͕̼̫̠́̅ͤ̃̋͟͡͡͠͡e͕̳͙̔͑ͦ t̛̮̝̗̠̥̜̫͉̯̦͉̞̦͙ͧͬ͌͆̄̀̿ͧ͘̚͡_̢̹̻͎̲̣͐́͌́͝h͎̿̑_̡̗͍͚͙̟̰̙ͦ͐̇̐̏̐̽_̵̙̮̝̓͛ͮ̈́͂̀̂ͪ̂r̼͇͉̲͌̍́͗̈̽̕̕e̷̶̛̛̝̞̦͍̻̻̘̾͂ͬͯͥ̌ͪ̔ͧ̽̐ͪͤ͗͠ͅė̮̲ ǫ̸̨̛͎̬̝̘͕̣̹̥̬̮̙ͣ̒̋̅ͮͬ̋̐ͥ̿͌ͤ̾̅̊͗̾̀͟͡͝͝f̵̤̥̜̺̤̗͉̂͂ͬ͘͟ u_̞͖̰̠̞̭̟̠̍ͨ͒ͩ̀̽͒͛̒͗s̵̴̗̥ͧ̃̈́͛ͦ͛́̅ͣ̐̀̈̏͂̈͡ͅ c̛̳̪̎̿̂̎͟͜_̛̦̘̻̀͋ͩ̒͌̐ả̸̧̞̘̱̙͚̺̱͇̬͍̞͇͊̍͌͋ͬ͒ͤͪ͑͋̅̀͑͌͐̈ͫ̾̚͠n̴̵̤̜͇̦͍̝͙͚̔̌͂̏̒̕͢͜͟͝ ģ̨̪̭̾̾̈͑ͤ̊̒͆̀͛̕è̡̡͉͇̭̦̪̥̠͕̺̄͑͗͊́̊̊͊͌̚͡t̖̳̺̰͍̤͔̪̍ͯͧ̋ͫ̾͂ͭ͂̾͌͘̚̕͜͟͢͝͝ ä͉̮̖͚́̒ d̷̵̵̶̛̝̬̝͙͙̥̣̮͕̖̗̂̓̓̑̆̎̅̅̌͂̉͂ͨ͘͟͝r͍̯̱̘̗̼͉̺̊́̋́̊̽ͯ̑͒̒̓ͮͧ̉̐́ͭ̚͜͠͡͞ĭ͈̲̜͚̭̮̭ͣ̉̈́̈́̃́́ͦͥ̚͟͟͢͠n̻̪̭͔͍͆ͧͧ͞k͎͍͙̀͗̉̋̏̍̽̾̇ͥ̚.̧̢͎̪͇̳̏̀ͪ͒ͤ̈́͐͘̚

[magicalarchaeologist]

FUCK THESE PEOPLE.

[ See, frustrated. ]

[thedevilwhorose]

I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. It's impossible to put down.

[magicalarchaeologist]

[ Istredd's unsure if it's actually funny or if he's just slipping into delirium. ]

Did you know knights are known for wearing dishware? That's why they call it plate armor.

[ Definitely delirious. ]

[thedevilwhorose]

[that's the problem with puns]

Go find yourself another snake to eat, man.

[magicalarchaeologist]

Not my turn.

[ Rationing and all. But he ends up passing out instead of saying more. Apparently bad jokes lull him into some form of unconsciousness. ]

end of week 1

[thedevilwhorose]

Here we go on week 2

[magicalarchaeologist]

Ḽ̵̢̧̦͙͎̤̖̦̺͓̰͔̱̐̄͐ụ̵̮̱̯̙͙̙͐̑̌̿̄͘c̷̨̲̬͔͉̘̰̫͍͈̐̽͑͐͂̎̇̈̈́́͘͘͘͘͜͜͝ͅi̸̢̡̢̡͍̤̯̲̰͔͓̹̤̲̎̋͗̌͝ͅf̶̢̧̗̯̀̅́̍̈́̐̉̓̔͌͆̈́͝e̷̤̯͌̉̉̿́r̴͈͔̩̟͓̯̳͇͚̙͒́͝ ̵͙͈̮͈̱̐̑̽̋̌̉̀̋́̒̃̒̚͜͝e̴̦͒͋̕͠v̶̡̦̼̯̼̫̠̪̲͎̣͇̀̽̄̀̀̃̀̌̓̐̏̍͋͠͝ͅe̵̪̫̓̆̀̕ȓ̸̢͚͖̗̭͎͚̼̥́͋̎̅̃͐̈́͊̀̊̌̿̌̕ỹ̷̨̳͓̤͉̹̥̞̯͙͇̀͗̒̅̾t̶̡̬̻̖̂ḧ̷̡̰̳́͊́͂̈̊̀̌̍͆̌̅̒͘ị̸̛̪̮̝̦̇̽́̑͌n̴̯͋̓̕͝g̴̏̏́͂͂̇͜'̸̧̫͙̣̮͎̰͍̖̞̮̗̽́̈̄̈́̓̅s̵̢̖̺̲̥̼̗̋̎͂̀͜ͅ ̶̲̞̻̮̺͓̥̰͈͍̞̖̙͂̿̇͜͝g̷̲̝̰̖͔̲͛̈́͗̈́̄̕͝ơ̶̯͈̺͎͕̬͖̘̻̟͕͓̒̕n̴͖̰̻͎͉̭̿̀̈́̄̒̋̎͋̅̚ê̴̢̫̹̎̋̄̈́̆̿̑͊͝ ̵̛͎̲̮̮̥̐̓͋̈͆̽̓̓̓̅̈̅͂̕w̸̯̭͖̭̖̪̹͖̻̓́ř̷̻͓̥̦̜̤͖̮̙͌͐ǒ̶̧̲̗̱͓̫̥̤̣͗̌́̽̏̆̐̓̀̿͠ņ̴̺͎̳̼̝̟̝̼̩͇̺̥̥̇̎͐͊̔̐̀̂̓̌͆̀̇̓̚g̶̛̤̻̊͋̃͑̏͐͊͝͠.̵̡̦̖̬͈͈͚̖̰͚̫͍͑ ̶̧̦̳͈̩̮͇͕͓̘̣̊ͅ


They're t̷̨̀͐ả̸̲̹k̵̻͍̚i̵̲͋n̴̻̈́g̶̱̼͛̎ us and s̷̜̊o̸̲̾͛m̶̺̀̍e̸̡͆ ̸̺̂͝ķ̴̽i̴̪͗͝ñ̴̹̱d̴̨͙̔ ̷͔͐͝o̵̖̭̍͐f̵̠̀̇ ritual. People coming back wrong.

[thedevilwhorose]

[He might appreciate the bond a lot more after all this. The puzzle at figuring out what was said without making Istredd completely repeat himself is the worse.]

Wrong how?